Beah

Former African child soldier Ismael Beah is packing out Starbucks on his promotional tour to support A Long Way Gone, says the Los Angeles Times this morning.

2007 February « Reading Copy 2007

Former African child soldier Ismael Beah is packing out Starbucks on his promotional tour to support A Long Way Gone, says the Los Angeles Times this morning.

Child soldier turned author draws crowds at Starbucks « Reading Copy 2007

Ishmael Beah says that after he arrived at a UNICEF camp for former child soldiers in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 1996, a fight broke out between those who had fought for the government and for rebels of Revolutionary United Front (RUF): Six people were killed: two on our side and four on the rebel side; and several were wounded, including two of the men who had brought us [to the camp].

2009 July 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

I worked most recently actually with a guy named Ishmael Beah, who wrote a terrific memoir about having been a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.

The Art Of Writing And Selling Memoirs 2010

Ishmael Beah says: The first time I was touched by war I was twelve.

2009 July 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

Ishmael Beah says that when he was in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in May 1997: Someone came on the radio and announced himself as the new president of Sierra Leone.

2009 July 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

I worked most recently actually with a guy named Ishmael Beah, who wrote a terrific memoir about having been a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.

The Art Of Writing And Selling Memoirs 2010

I worked most recently actually with a guy named Ishmael Beah, who wrote a terrific memoir about having been a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.

The Art Of Writing And Selling Memoirs 2010

I worked most recently actually with a guy named Ishmael Beah, who wrote a terrific memoir about having been a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.

The Art Of Writing And Selling Memoirs 2010

“Ishmael Beah,” the Sunday Times (London), Feb. 3, 2008.

2009 July 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009